Aleksandra Mir: The Seduction of Galileo Galilei
June 18 – August 6, 2011
Opening: Saturday, June 18
Artist’s talk at 3 pm, reception 4-6pm
MERCER UNION
A Centre for Contemporary Art
1286 Bloor Street West,
Toronto, Ontario M6H 1N9
T: 416-536-2955
E: info@mercerunion.org
www.mercerunion.org
Hours: Tues-Sat 11-6
International artist Mir is interested in the specific dynamics of technologies. Her new work is inspired by Galileo Galilei’s experiments with gravity. Mir in a gravel lot will perform a gravitational feat on her own – the stacking of a single column. Mir is concerned with the space of play that opens when failure is permanent. It is an experiment for experiment’s sake, for the sheer joy of watching the tower to be built and topple over and over again.